Mathurin MÉHEUT

First edition of the catalogue for this exhibition, held from 25 October to 10 November 1923 at the Galerie du Nouvel Essor, rue des Saint-Pères, Paris.

Contributions by Jean-Emile Laboureur, Alfred Latour, Lespinasse, Ludovic Rodo, Mathurin Méheut, Louis Moreau, Morin-Jean, Paul-Emile Pissarro, Pierre Noury, Quillivic, Siméon, Philippe Burnot, Jules Galand and Pierre Gusman.

Rare and attractive copy, illustrated with 9 engraved vignettes.

 

Christmas greeting card illustrated with a printed drawing by Mathurin Méheut, to which he added a few handwritten words on the verso, addressed to a couple of friends:

"Aux vieux et très bons amis Dupouy ceux du tertre et de toujours, à toute leur famille. Les voeux bien sincères de MMéheut."

Marguerite Méheut, the artist’s wife, also added a note to convey her own wishes: "Aux parents, aux enfants, tous nos meilleurs voeux de bonne et heureuse année. Toutes nos amitiés à partager. Marg. Méheut."

Two small stains on the verso of the card.

Illustrated edition with drawings by Mathurin Méheut, one of 440 numbered copies on vélin du marais.
Spine and front cover partially and lightly browned, handsome interior condition.

Unpublished original signed autograph letter by Mathurin Méheut to his wife Marguerite Rouja, with watercolor and pen and ink drawing captioned ‘Le mannequin' (The Mannequin), depicting WW1 soldiers in a trench. Pen and ink monogram by the artist bottom left of illustration.
Four numbered pages written in black ink in fine calligraphy on a double sheet of exercise book paper. Several phrases ostentatiously crossed out, probably by military censors. The two sheets are held together by a hinge. Two minor restorations using strips of paper with no damage to the text or the illustration.
Beautiful autograph letter written when Mathurin Méheut, who had been mobilized...

Edition illustrated with 81 original compositions of Mathurin Méheut including 24 inset colors.
Signed autograph of the author Robert Garric.
Small bites affecting mainly head last guard, a heads fold track of the last and second flat sheets.